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Is the economic crisis stressing you out?

The economy is doing a number on me. You, too?
A magazine I’ve been contributing to regularly folded last week. The same day, another regular writing gig let me — and a handful of others — go in a mass email.
This morning, Mae said: “It’s not fair! Everyone has a Nintendo DS except me.”
Sorry, kid.
Fortunately, there’s [...]

Are you a single mom earning minimum wage and struggling to pay your bills?

Because the Mike and Juliet Show often covers all sides of single parenthood, I offered to put this call out to all of you:

The Mike and Juliet Show is doing a segment this Thursday (7/31) about living off of minimum wage. If you are a single mom earning minimum wage and struggling to pay your [...]

A child’s call to advertisers

Mae (who goes by “Mae Mae”) says that I spend way too much time with this laptop. She’s right.
Actually, her exact words are: “You love your computer more than you love me.”
So, I asked Mae if she had any ideas, so I can pull myself away from this machine.
“Let’s make a video, Mommy. I’ll ask–”
P.S. [...]

Who has the money to date when we’re in a recession?

I’m not the only one who has noticed prices going up: gas, milk — even postage.
I love eating out — with a glass of wine, too — just as much as you do. But my most memorable dates haven’t been expensive. As you know, I love to hike in the woods, on the trail. Picnics [...]

I never saw a cent of child support — did you?

But then again, I didn’t think I would.
After my daughter’s father split town in the year 2000, I moved back to California to be closer to my family. This is where I began the legal work to get sole custody, which was fairly cut-and-dry. I filled out the paperwork by myself — with the help [...]

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